Kneeling Quadricep Stretch
Lengthen your quadricep muscles, stretching your thighs, abdominal muscles, hips and chest with the Kneeling Quadricep Stretch. You’ll also hone your concentration skills and sense of balance.
1. Start on your hands and knees. Bring your right foot forward, placing your right knee over your right ankle. Move your left knee directly under your left hip, placing your left knee on a folded blanket to protect it. Check your balance, and then place your hands on top of your right knee. Avoid the tendency to lean on your bent knee; instead, lift your chest upward.
2. Lunge forward with your right knee as you inhale deeply. Firm legs and a fixed forward gaze help you remain balanced and stable.
3. Move back to the starting position as you exhale.
4. Glide back and forth three more times, inhaling as you move forward and exhaling as you move backward. Then hold the forward position for four breaths.
5. Practice the stretch on the other side of your body by placing your left foot forward and right leg back as in step one. Repeat steps two through four.
Posted on May 1st, 2008 by Jamie
Filed under: Hip Openers